Species Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, 1781)

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• Phalaena rosalia Stoll, C. in Cramer, P. 1781. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Vol. 4(29–31). Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild. pp. 91-164 pls 337-372 [issued 1781, dated 1775–1790] [252, pl. 369, fig. F].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) [Indonesia]: [Moluccas], [Amboina].
• Eumelea sanguinata Warren, W. 1895. New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 2: 82-159 [84].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂, 4♀, N A [Northern Territories]; New Guinea; Ceram [Seram]; Kei [Kai] Islands; Celebes [Sulawesi].
• Eumelea flavata Moore, F. 1887. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. 3.xv+578 pp., 215 pls (1884-1887). [440, pl. 198, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, (1 in BMNH), [Sri Lanka].
• Phalaena gravidata Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 3(2) 350 pp. [175].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC ♀, [India], Tranquebariae.
• Eumelia olivacea Hampson, G.F. 1891. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri District. London : Taylor and Francis Vol. 8 iv 144 pp., 18 pls. [28, 111, pl. 151, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, [India], Nilgiri District, N slopes, 3500 ft.
• Ametris punicearia Hübner, J. 1823. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816-[1825]). 431 pp. [303].
• Eumelea rosaliata Guenée, A. in Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 10(2) 584 pp. [392] [emendation; emendation of rosalia Stoll].
• Phalaena rosata Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 3(2) 350 pp. [175].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC, [Moluccas]: [Seram], Ambon.
• Phal[aena] Geomet[ra] vulpenaria Stoll, C. in Cramer, P. 1782. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Vol. 4(32–34). Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild. pp. 165-252 pls 373-400 [issued 1782, dated 1775–1790] [245, 252 (index), pl. 400, figs O, P].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) [India], Côte de Coromandel.

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore, herbivore (associated flora: Macaranga sp. [EUPHORBIACEAE]).

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